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syndicatable

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syn⋅di⋅cate

[n. sin-di-kit; v. sin-di-keyt] noun, verb, -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing.
–noun
1. a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
2. a combination of bankers or capitalists formed for the purpose of carrying out some project requiring large resources of capital, as the underwriting of an issue of stock or bonds.
3. Journalism.
a. an agency that buys articles, stories, columns, photographs, comic strips, or other features and distributes them for simultaneous publication in a number of newspapers or periodicals in different localities. Compare boiler plate (def. 2a).
b. a business organization owning and operating a number of newspapers; newspaper chain.
4. a group, combination, or association of gangsters controlling organized crime or one type of crime, esp. in one region of the country.
5. a council or body of syndics.
6. a local organization of employers or employees in Italy during the Fascist regime.
–verb (used with object)
7. to combine into a syndicate.
8. to publish simultaneously, or supply for simultaneous publication, in a number of newspapers or other periodicals in different places: Her column is syndicated in 120 papers.
9. Television. to sell (a program, series, etc.) directly to independent stations.
10. to sell shares in or offer participation in the financial sharing of (a risk venture, loan, or the like): to syndicate a racehorse among speculators; to syndicate a loan among several banks.
–verb (used without object)
11. to combine to form a syndicate.

Origin:
1600–10; < MF syndicat office of syndic, board of syndics < ML syndicātus. See syndic, -ate 3


syn⋅di⋅cat⋅a⋅ble, adjective
syn⋅di⋅ca⋅tion, noun
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Word Origin & History

syndicate 
1624, "council or body of representatives," from Fr. syndicat, from syndic "representative of a corporation" (see syndic). Meaning "combination of persons or companies to carry out some commercial undertaking" first occurs 1865. Publishing sense of "association of publishers for purchasing articles, etc., for simultaneous publication in a number of newspapers" is from 1889. (Syndication "publication, broadcast, or ownership by a syndicate" is attested from 1925.) As a synonym for "organized crime, the Mob" it is recorded from 1929.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

syndicate

To distribute shares of ownership in a partnership or joint venture. For example, a brokerage firm may syndicate ownership in certain oil and gas properties.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: syn·di·cate
Pronunciation: 'sin-di-"kAt
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -cat·ed; -cat·ing
transitive verb : to form or manage as or through a syndicate syndicated tax shelter> intransitive verb : to unite to form a syndicate —syn·di·ca·tion /"sin-di-'kA-sh&n/ noun
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